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THE LONDON JOURNALS, -DAILY EXTRACTS FROM THE MORNING PAPERS, APRIL 29, 1826. [THE TIMES,] It appears by an advertisement in this day's journal, that Mr. R. Gurney retires from t h e representation of the city of Norwich. We should not have noticed this circumstance, had it not beell for one of the causs assigned by that gentleman for his retirement; which muse invblves a public principle, and therefore merits attention. He intimates his conviction, that it is ut terly impossible to have free commerce, unless at least half the taxes be taken off, But we will tell Mr. Gurney what Ministers mean by a free commerce, or free trade. They mean such an extended admission of foreign articles, as shall enable them to draw the greatest possible revenue from the entry or customs and all other pretences on their part to a liberal system of commerce, are fraudulent and knavish. , For if by a free trade, they had meant a diminution of im posts, they would, as we had a right to expect, have diminished the expellees of Government, which they have not done. Every article of the estimates which have been voted by the House of Commons , in th i s their short 'session, indicates the thorough reliance of Ministers upon an increased revenue, whilst in their mouths they have nothing but " free trade," "liberal system," and all that trash, which is now ceasing to deceive. In the sense which Mr. Gurney gives to the expression of free trade, it is, indeed, as he says, utterly impossible to have the thing so described, un tess half the taxes be taken off; and the Opposition are no better than a parcel of " Green-horns," for fancying that after they have failed in their feeble ef forts to force Ministers to reduce taxation, they can carry them through in the new project of opening our ports. We are, as we have ever been, friends to free trade, but conjointly with a diminished taxation ;—a taxation too, we will add, diminished by retrenchment, not by robbing the, public creditor : to which end we see that Ministers are now hastening. While we are mourning from day to day, the d7eadful scenes which pass before us in this country, and their more dreadful cause—the starvation of thou sar;:ls of English manufacturers—the cry of misery is echoed front Ireland, and a portion of cur' sympathy is once more demanded for that famishing and despairing people. An Irish faMine is like that of India only— it exceeds the measure of all other human want. The or.dinary subsistence of the Irish poor would be wretchedness, to ahnost • any 'other living creatures.— When the potato fails, their last, because their single resource, is gone. Nature presents no meaner % viler alioent,, and there are no poor laws for the Irish; It way not, indeed, to be anticipated that the manufae turers of the sister island could stand, when those nearer home, ,so much more powerfully maintained by wealth, credit, and longevity, have fallen into a condition of such utter helplessness and ruin. Yet is this evil not the more easy to endure' or meditate, because every reasonable mind must have foreseen it. Nor can we now haVe the cruelty to visit on the wretched suffering creatures who waste away in the Irish capital under the agonies of hunger, the rashnetis with which some among them may have tempted, hastened, and aggra vated, their present insupportable distresses, as if there had not been causes enough at work to bring its ful share of calamity upon Irish manufacture as in every branch. Many of these, unfortunate workmen became parties to the most tyrannical and, lawless combina tions, committing outrageous violence upon those among ',their brethren who would not yield implicit obedience to their commands, and who scrupled to starve—that is, murder-4heir wives and children, at the will of an unrelenting biinditti. But this, eS.sept as a lesson, we forbear to dwell upon. The tyrant and slave—the guilty, and alasi the innocent, are all now prostrate alike ; and, unless the hand of mercy shall be _stretched forth to relieve and as s,l! them, nothing short Of one ruthless and sweep ing. mortality can bring their sufferingsto a period.— A. meeting was held in Dublin on Tuesday last, the Lord Mayor presiding, for the consideration of this disastrous state, to which the poor of the liberties have been reduced ; when •it appeared from a paper . read by the Rev. Mr. Groves, that in the Dublin silk trade there are at present unemployed 1,860 looms, which had given:employment to 6,280 individuals ; in the WoOleri trade the idle looms are,Bso, which had eni- Ooyti4 11,110 individuals; and in the cotton. trade (comparatively new in Dublin) 443 looms are idle, Which, throw 3,960 individuals out of work; altoge ther the number of people unemployed is 21,856. But let it be remembered, in respeet of each of the persons thus consigned to idleness, how many others mg have depended for their daily bread ! The cases of ,domestic and hUmble •misery, afflicting the most innocent and helpless of humankind, Which had fallen under the personal cognizance of Mr. Grattan and other gentle cii, and were brought forward as appeals to public compassion, we dare not trust our 'heart to • rest upon, much less our pen to describe. The sum total IS, that multitudes of our fellow-creatures are yutq,of hunger in Ireland as well as here ; that the inister may tall, as he talked: before, of cotheory " , forbidding an enlightened Government to meddle vii#l'the public subsistence ; "'that trade will revive, .arid All will 1.;0 well again ; with other ,such lir (lasted eonsOlationS, But can the noble Lard revive the dead ? Can he nourish, out of next years's wageS.'thotter- scliss expire from this year's want ? Can he behold God's creatures gasping for food, and still dogmatize' about " public subsistence ?" It is an iniquestionabla Itet, that among certain causes-of the hpublic misery. over which the Government m a y not itt been able :to exercise a direct control, are to be found certain others which are immediately ascribable to these very Ministers. At the head of such causes stands their extravagance—their enormous waste of • the tuitional resources, upheld by majorities which thAllaitie extravagance has fnriiished them with means to scorript-by which they have entailed upon us, in the midst of peace, • the heavy burdens asid,preeari o U s prospects of a most consum in g warfare—by w hi c h t h ey have raised .uP' siva!tsto our Skill and plunderers of our in .hairy i n every corner of .Europe s - s atid through all the blessings that might result to this nation from a dread of its power abroad, and by, internal ease and comfort, have been ravished from our grasp ; fo reigners knowing that the finances of England will not beer the shock of another recourse to arms ; and the country itself having lost all hope that the financial system, thus impotent in relation to freigners, will ad- mit of even the slightest relaxation in the burdens which it imposes on ourselves.--( /Lid.) [MORNING HERALD.] The necessity,of a thorough reformation of the Chancery system appears more evident every day. As business increases in the Courts of Equity, the utter incapacity of their Constitution to afford substantial justice to the suitors is more glaringly exposed. Law writers have stater' that one of the chief objects of equity, according to its original intention, was to controul and rectify matters of fraud, which could not be reached by the strict application of defined laws.— Hence a mode of inquiry was allowed under this sys tem, which neither the common nor statute law re cognizes—namely, that of the examination of the in terested parties upon oath, and in written depositions, which remain and are available in Courts of Law, in cases of indictments for perjury arising out of them. If ever there was a time when the tribunals of this country ought to be strong to put down fraud, it is the present time, when* so many nefarious confederacies of, Schemers, countenanced and abetted by men of rank and family, are ende"avouring to resist the demands of those cred.ulous people whom they have eased of their money, and to whom they have denied restitution.-- But what is the fact ? The Bubble-Act has been repealed just at the time it was most wanted. The application of its provisions would have been found very awkward by many of those Noble and Honourable Legislators, who co , operated with ignoble sharpers in defrauding their in fatuated countrymen by bits of nicely-printed paper called shares, and pompous knaveries called Director ships. The Bubble-Act being gone, which was in ' tended to apply a prompt and efficacious remedy to mischiefs of this nature, .what redress remains to the foolish people who have subscribed their money to , wards projects which have never had any real exist. ence, and which money has been, in most instances, as completely made away with, as if subscription was synonymous with confiscation ? These unfortunate shareholders are advised. to go into Chancery, and there what remained in the purse is soon emptied, while the delinquents entrench themselves behind the forms of the Court, more securely than banditti within the passes of Mount Caucasus. 'Thus the persons who have been deluded by joint-stock schemes dis cover that, between law and equity, there is a way for fraud to elude both, and laugh to scorn all attempts to place it within the retributive grasp of justice. If an individual, for instance, files a bill against a Joint Stock Company, consisting of two or three hundred, or as many thousand persons, they must all be subpcened as defendants, and many sepa rate answers may be returned, although they are all in meaning, and even their very words, the same, and drawn up by the same solicitor, for the defence of the common interests. The person who files the bill is under the necessity of having copies of the answers taken at his own expence, before he can proceed fur ther in the suit, though they may consist of 10,000 folios, and the enormous expence would, in nine cases out of ten, intimidate the plaintiff 'from any more of these costly ..experiments upon the tender mercies of such a Court. We refer our readers to a letter, bear ing upon this subject, and signed " a Chancery Bar rister, ' which will be found in another part of our co lumns, the facts there detailed we have no personal knowledge of :should they be incorrect, we will as readily insert a contradiction of thud; but if they are accurately related, what an illustration. do they afford of the principles and practice of the Court of Chan cery 1 This letter also contains a charge against some leading Members of the Bar, which, if they cannot exonerate themselves from, they must stand in no very pleasant light in public opinion. , The Bar talks of its nice sense of honour and professional duty; we hope, in this instance, some of its leading Members have not compromised both. [MORNING POST. We almost begin to commisserate the situation of those Dignitaries of the Church or the Law who have , not yet happened to become the objects of Mr. Hume's vituperation. They can scarcely, we imagine, feel easy. They must almost suspect themselves of some defect of piety, zeal, learning, or virtue, thus to have escaped aspersions which invariably seek for their ob ject the persons in whom these high qualities are most conspicuous. For instance, in the ease of the Bishop of London, the other night (to which we have already alluded) l who can believe that the tithe dispute in the parish of St. Olave, Hart-street, was any other than a pretext for the display of a malignity, of which the high station in the Church, the amiable character, the distinguished piety, learning, and virtue of the Bishop of London, were the veritable source ? Suppose the proposed arrangement in the parish of St. Olave had been permitted to take effect, and the present Incum bent had concluded a bargain with the parishioners, in virtue of which he was to receive, during his incum bency, a stipend larger by one third than that stipu lated for his successors—let us just suppose this case, and ask ourselves what would then have been the lan guage of Mr. Hume ? Is there any man upon earth who can doubt that Mr; Hume would have got up with all solemnity in the House of Commons, to impeach the present Rector of having taken a bribe to induce him to sacrifice the interests of his successors, and to impeach the Bishop of London as a partaker in the enme, and the gain, too, of the iniquitous and cor rupt bargain ? This impeachment might, for any thing we know, have been as unfounded as the calum nies and the opprobrious epithet he has recently le velled against the Bishop. We are quite certain, however, that it would have been more plausible ; and although we do not believe Mr. Hume to have intellect sufficient to distinguish between the different degrees of plausibility, we have no doubt that it would have served his turn. A rumour has been circulated about the town that a certain " youth," on the wrong side of forty, was detected in amorous dalliance with a married dame a few nights ago by the enraged husband, and that the simpering swain was compelled to decamp" sans ceremorne " without hat, coat, or boots ! with the marks of a sound thrashing to remind him in future how to trespass on other folk's premises.---(l3rOton Gazette.) MARI(MT, Arum Beaumont, 2H.—Charlotte, 29s (id---Dean's Primrose. 275-- h ighton hloor, 28,4—Forest Main, 27s 6—Felling Main, 213 s Heaton, 33s 9a—Flebburn plain, 331-I.lolywell, 3ltt 6d-14iddell's Main, 27s 6d —Ord's Redtmgh„ 27s—:Pelaw,.32S—Prey East, 26s 6d--Pon top t4'inthlor, 28s 6(1 --Tanfield Moor. Ma 6(1 —Townley , 30 s (id--Willington, 328 fkl—.sVylani, Ms—Walls End Bell and Co :;,;5941---Walls End Brown's, 31s--Walls End firoen's, 20s lid—Walls End ilikia,.2l.lsr,Walls End Hotspur, 304 6tl--Wala4 End New. fo mche 42sfid—Wall , 4 I;nd gottlitiailterl,iml, 38s 9d—Walls End PeAreth, - 30 s 6d—Walls End ;ilia End . Rmitsell's, 33. fid—WallA End Walker, li.2l—fletton's " 41 ' 16 '"—Walls Ent, small. 20s--tVL , IIR End small 11s 641 Tanfi e ld 'N a d er , 30s 315—St . ;, 36 ' 1 —Walls End El*, 38s.j-Walls End Old btherley Russell's Lyon's hinin, 34s—Nesimm Main, tits 641- End Iletton.. litik—WaiN. H o d Lyon's, 33s—NS - id Lambion, fletton's %Valls End, 336. at marlmt, 1264.-Ships said, 761—Unsold, 38. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, APRIL 28. HAWKINS V. MAULE.-.-.A WARD. The LORD CHANCELLOR was very late in coming into Court this morning, in consequence of having been detained in his private room, attended by Mr. Hart, Mr. Shadwell, and n string of other Counsel, Solicitors, and parties, upon this case, concerning the marriage of a ward. The proposed marriage was re sisted, and we heard that a medical gentlemen had made an affidavit, stating that it would not be for the benefit of the young lady that she should suffer any perturbation or irritation until she came of age! According to this doctrine, probably when 'a young lady turns the corner of twenty-one, irritation and perturbation may do her no harm, or have a very im material effect. The result *of the petition was, that the Lord Chan cellor made an order, referring it to the Master to en quire, and state whether the proposed marriage was a fit and proper marriage, the father of the ward covenanting to go before the Master to confirm the proposal : and that if the Master should find it to be a proper marriage, that he should next proceed to ap prove of a proper settlement, regard being had to the lady's present and probable fortune. WELLESLEY V. DUKE OF BEAUFORT. When his Lordship came into Court, he brought with him the mass of affidavits he had been furnished with in this case, and stated he had now marked on an annexed paper all the passages he had alluded to on a former occasion, as requiring to be answered, which he begged to hand down for that purpose. Mr. HART said, the Solicitors were not in Court ; but if his Lordship would have the goodness to retain the affidavits and paper until they Could arrive on both sides, for fear of mistake, he would send for them imp mediately. His LORDSHIP consented, and the Solicitors were accordingly sent for to receive them. LORD GRANTLEY V. GARTHWAITE. His LORDSHIP said, he had looked again into the bill and papers in this case, and be was clearly of opi nion the codicil or second writing did not amount to a cancellation of the first will, and therefore the appeal would have to be dismissed. Mr. TRULOVE applied for the costs. His Lordship consented to give the costs. Mr. SUDDEN saw the parties in the country were extremely anxious to have the Court's opinion upon the question, whether the renewal of a lease, which had been made,C was a revocation ? It had been taken to be so in the country. His LORDSHIP said, that was not a question that had been raised at the hearing, but if the parties wished it, he certainly had no objection to consider it, and state his opinion. Mr. HORNE observed that it would be most useful if his Lordship would take that trouble. The ease now stands upon that point. IN THE MATTER OF TIIE STOCKTON BANK. His LoiIDSHIP intimated that he had now made up his mind to remove the Commissioners under this Commission, and to direct a new Commission to other Commissioners ; but that there might be no mistake as to any thing to be done, and that that which had hitherto been going on wrong, should now go on right he would to-morrow, read over the parts of the petition he considered material, and then dispose of the matter. IN TIIE MATTER OF SIR GREGORY PAGE TURNER. A LUNATIC. Mr. HoRNE beved to remind the Court that the petition of Lady Turner had not yet been decided upon. It was really a case of the greatest distress. His LORDSHIP promised to bring down the affida vits with him to-morrow, observing that he had read them all over and over again most carefully, and that though he was sure no man could consider Lady Tur ner's situation without feeling sincerely for her, and deploring her distress, yet that if the affidavits before the Court were true, it was quite impossible the Court could enlarge her payments. • Mr. HORNE stated, that that certainly would have to be left to his Lordship. His LORDSHIP had read them anxiously, to see if lie could order her an additional payment, but he did not find that lie could, JUDGMENTS. LORD ORMOND'S CAsE.—ln this case, which de pends upon the construction to be put on Mr. Spicer Clarke's will, his Lordship said he would give j udgment to-morrow. EXPARTE GRIMSTEAD AND CRAWSHAW V. COL LINS.—These matters are now to be looked upon as partly disposed of in judgment, to be concluded on Tuesday, but the Court could not say more in them to-day, there being part heard motions to come on, likely to occupy all the day. FARQUHARSON v. BALFOUR.—This is to stand for judgment on Wednesday. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, APRIL 28. RODIIAM V. BERRY. This was an argument on a point of law, arising from an action of replevin, the question being whether the owner of lands by a devise, without a clause of distress, is empowered to distrait/ for rent. The COURT were unanimous in the affirmative. MARCH 'V. HORNE. This was an action brought against a common car rier for nondelivering of goods. It was tried at Guild hall, and a special verdict returned for the plaintiff, sub ject to the opinion of the Court, as to whether the de fendant, having given public notice that he would not be liable (r any parcel above the value of 51., unless entered and paid for accordingly, is legally subject in this case, having undertaken to carry the plaintiff's parcel to Bath, knowing it to be of the value of several hundred pounds, though it had not been entered or paid for accordingly. Mr. BAILrI argued the case on behalf of the plaintiff, and Mr. CURWOOD for the defendant. The COURT said, as this was a subject of great im portance to the Public, they would take time to con sider on it, and give judgment on a future day. CRIMINAL. INFORMATIONS. TIE KING V. THEVSICEri. The ATTORNgY-GENERAL moved to file a air!' nal information a gainst the persons responsible for the Post-Offce Gazette, for the publication of an alleged• libel on IL Freeling' Esq. The article of which that Gentlema n com pLiined imputed to him improper con duct with respect to the Post-office clerks. Tile state ment was positively denied. The CO UR T granted a rule to shew cause. Mr. Ilo LnoYD o btained a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against the Bury Gazette, for a libel on the Magistrates of the Petty Sessions of the County of Suffolk: The publi cation was a report of the proceedings before the Ma gistrates, relating to an assault committed on a boy named Stebbing. The report reflected upon the Ma gistrates, and was stated in the affidavits to be a gross misrepresentation of the facts. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE.—A statement has appeared in the public papers, that a Requisition has been presented to the Loan MAYOR, calling upon him to convene a Public Meeting for the relief of the distressed weavers at Blackburn ; that his Lordship had acceded to the request, and consented to preside upon the occasion. Inquiries were yesterday made of his Lordship, whilst sitting in the justice-room, as to the truth of the statement. His Lordship stated, that no requisition had been presented to him on the subject. Every citizen of London must commiserate such sufferings amongst the labouring classes, and 'Would be prompt to contribute to their relief. But his Lordship intimated that the wants of the distressed weavers in London, who suffered as seem ly, were, perhaps, even now sufficient to occupy the exertions of the charitable ; and he trusted that the greatest reliance might be placed on the benevolence of the very wealthy manufactures of Lancashire, in relieving the poor of their own neighbourhood, with the extent of whose wants they were best acquainted. BOW-STREET. —Yesterday Robert Reed, a man having the appearance of a journeyman butcher out of work, was brought before the Magistrates, charged by Newman, one of the Inspec tors of Hawkers' Licenses, with. hawking about blacking without a license. It appeared, in the course of the examination, that amongst the great variety of joint-stock companies started of late, one was pro jected and established for the supply of genuine liquid blacking, at so much per quart. The prospectus of this new company set forth the great fortunes which Warren, Day and Martin, and others, had already made, and the splendid property which the far-famed Henry Hunt was fast accumulating, by the manufacture of the same article, and pointed out the not-to-be-doubted certainty of the success of a company which could undertake to give at least five times as much of the shining commodity for the same money as was furnished by any of the regular blacking-takers. Accordingly the Company started, capital 10,000/. &c. Scc., with the certain prospect of ultimate success. Handbills were printed, annouticing 'the great advantage which the public would derive from the new company, and stating, among other things, that one quart of the company's measure would fill six of Mr. Warren's bottles. A suf ficient sum having been subscribed to procure meterials for manu facturing a few dozen gallons of the liquid blacking, - Robert Reed, the present defendant, and several other men, were hired to retail it, and for that purpose each was furnished with a pair of pails, blackened over, but highly polished, and each pail Was fastened with a padlock, and had a cock at the bottom to let out the "real japan," so as to prevent the possibility of adulteration by any of die Company's servants; thus following the laudable example of some Dairy Companies. In addition to the pails they were sup plied with a yoke, a smock frock, and a hat, all jet black, and high-low shoes, polished in the first style. Robert Reed and his fellow-servants started, and, it is said, for a short time, did a toler able stroke of business, but the hawk's eye of the inspectors was upon them, and knowing that, according to law, the offering to sell, or exposing for sale, any goods, wares, merchandize, or manufactures, even if British, in any other place than cities, boroughs corporate, market towns, or public fares, was an offence punishable by the infliction of a penalty of 101., they watched Robert Reed, while he was endeavouring to prevail upon some of the " men in livery" in Russell-square to purchase his incomparable liquid blacking. Reed had nothing to say in his defence, except that he was employed by the Company to sell their blacking, and did not know that be was doing wrong. Mr- Butler, Mr. Harmer's clerk, attended to defend the accused, and urged one or two very ingenious objections : but they were overruled, and the defendant was convicted in - the penalty of 101. and costs. QUEEN-SQUARE.--.-Catirtos TO CARRTERlL—Yesterday Messrs. Jackson and Co. warehousemen, of the Bull and Mouth Inn, were summoned before Mr. GREGORIE, the Sitting Magis trate, to answer the complaint of E. Markland, Esq. one of the Magistrates belonging to the above office, for the non-delivery of a parcel within 24 hours. Mr. BUTLER, clerk to Mr. Harmer, appeared for the defend ants, and pleaded Not Guilty to the charge Samuel Poucher sworn—l am servant to Mr. Markland, Nd. 9, James-street, Buckingham-gate. On the 17th inst., about nine o'clock in the evening, one of the Chelsea errand carts brought a parcel to my master's house, which was directed to him,the demand was ss. Bd. for carriage and porterage. 'The porterage, however, not being on the ticket, he refused to pay it. The carrier refused to leave the parcel without being paid his demand. Next day he culled again, and asked if it Would be taken in; but as he would not leaveit without his demand of ss. Sd., he took the parcel away a second time. By Mr. BUTLER—Had you not the parcel in yOtli* possession ? Witness--Yes, in the passage, and I took it up stairs, but my master did not see it. Edward Markland, Esq. sworn-=--On the 17th inst. ray servant came to let me know that a parcel had come from Leeds by the Chelsea-errand-cart, with this ticket there it was produced), from the Magpie and Stump, Newgate-street, saying that the man i ‘ a v g a e re . bo U os p b o ig n , de mandedobargoofeis4.9B. d 6 . d for oo d t 2 h d e c f a o rr r but read n in o g cbo it rg l e f f o ou r nda por terage. I told my servant to desire the porter to leave the parcel, and to summon me if I was wrong. The carrier, however, thought proper to take it away. On the 19th the parcel was brought, with a ticket, from the Bull and Month.' The charge then was 4s. carriage, and porterage Is. Id. Mr. BUTLEE—With submission, we are not brought here to answer an overcharge, but for the non delivery of the parcel within the limited time. Mr. Markland—l consider the delivery not complete, as the car rier took it away again. The only cause I bad for pursuiug this course was an impudent answer to the officer when making in quiry respecting it. Mr. Bonma, for the defendants, apologized, and the com plaint was dismissed. .Ship AGRICULTURAL REPORT FOR APRIL. A dry March (for the few showers were inconsequential excep tions) has forwarded and benefited the agriculture of` the country to the utmost limit of the old rule; but warm April showers are now in request, to complete the prospect. The weather, indeed, during both months, has been remarkably variable, with high winds, occasional frosts, and the 'general temperature has been low or cool. Never, however, did the productions of the earth receive less damage from atmospheric influence ; and if the leaves of the wheat in exposed situations have lost colour, our most im portant crop has received a salutary check to that over luxuri ance, which tends more to . the production of straw than corn.— A great and commendable activity has pervaded the whole coun try; the utmost advantage has been taken of a most favourable spring, and it has had its reward, for never did the fields of Bri tain afford a fairer prospect of a generally plentiful harvest. A favourable blooming season for the wheats, and moderate rains ' during the reign of Saint Swithin, unattended by cold easterly winds, now form the chief object of our solicitude. The clays never worked better; or turned up a finer mould to the harrow, promising a famous crop of beans. All the spring crops are finished, and indeed above ground, on forward soils. The barley on light soils, universally, is perhaps as thick set, luxuriant, and healthy a crop, as has been seen for many years. LONDON MARKETS. CarroN.—The reduction of price which was submitted to last week occasioned considerable sales ; when the parties were supplied, the market feturned to its former state. There is now a complete stagnation of trade, the purchases of the week not exceeding 200 packages. From Liverpool and Man chester the accounts 'received to-day are most distressing riots spreading in the manufacturing districts, and, the natural consequences, the complete suspension of business. The sales at Liverpool of Cotton, on Wednesday last, about four hundred bags, at a further reduction of Id. per lb. Suaaa.—The public sales of Tuesday last went off at si re duction of fully 2s. on the very low brokvn qualities, and Is. on all the others, except very fine. The market has since been in a languid state, but without any further reduction in the prices.— St. Lucia dry browns, 475. to 48s. ; Jamaica, 495. to 50s. ; some fine Jamaica at 68s. In Foreign or East India Sugars no sales are reported by pri vate contract. The public sale of white. Havannah, on Tuesday, was all taken in--no offers. The public sale of to-day consisted of 503 chests ; a part sold 2s. to 3s. lower than the previous nominal price; goo d white 395. to 41s. ; yellow good, 28s. to 28s. 6d. mo,Assrs,—By public sale on Tuesday, 100 puncheons St. Lucia Molasses were taken in at 225. 6d, COFFEE. _The public sales this week have gone off very heavily, and a great proportion of the quantity brought forward has been again withdrawn ; the Demerara and Berbice sold 2s. lower than last sale. Rust, BRANDY, and HOLLANDS.—The Government contract declared s demand Rail yet m ; the l'ad marketneffect t remains nominallyle prices r t or besam on e; the on ly purchases reported are inconsiderrble parcels for export; proof Lewards Is. Bd. to Is. 9d. In the Brandy or Geneva there is no alteration; the transactions are confined to trivial parcels. At a late hour to-day, a sale of under-proof Leewards was re. parted at Is. 104. and sixteen over a 2s. perimperial gallon. SHOCKIXO CASE OF SUICIDE. This week the most extraordinary sensation has prevailed amongst the inhabitants of Barbican and its neighbourhood, from . a report being circulated . that a murder had, been perpetrated at a house in Red-cross-court, on a young female, by her husband, to whom she bad been but, a year or two united. About 11 o'clock on last Sunday morning, repeated cries of murder were heard from a house in Red-cross-court, occupied by a taylor of the name of :' Hudson. Many of the neighbours rushed to the house, burst open the street-door, and searched all the rooms, but no person seen, a man named Tongs descended to the cellar where he found the landlord of the house (Hudson) leaning over the corpse of his ',,,. wife, who was lying on the ground with a cord fastened round her neck. He now appeared quite stupified, and was kneeling close to the body of his wife, with a piece of cord in his right hand, one end of which was attached to a hook in the wall. TOngs, on his entering the cellar, appealed to Hudson for an ex planation of the extraordinary scene before him, and earnestly inquired how his wife had been deprived of her existence ? And what was the mean- ing of the cry of " Murder" taking place ?—' Hudson said, that having missed his wife, he made every search for her through the house, and at length he found her suspended in the cellar by a cord from the roof, and that he, in his alarm, not having a knife, hung with all his strength to the rope, and by ; that means succeeded in severing it ; and that it wag . he that had called out " murder," as he wished for . assistance. Tongs, with the help of some of the neighbours, carried the body of the unfortunate crew" ture up stairs, and a medical man was sent for, wild" soon arrived, and did every thing in his power to re store animation, but without effect. In less than an hour after the shocking occurrence , the report that the deceased had been barbarously murdered by her husband 'spread far and wide, which report was strengthened by its being notorious that such was his barbarous treatment of her, that she had been known to he obliged to keep her bed for days, owing to the injuries he had caused her—that he had , been often heard to exclaim that he would yet be the death of her. In addition to these circumstances, about an hour before the cries of murder were heard, the deceased was met in the street by a Mrs. Haw mond.; she had then, a tremendous black eye, and her face and arms were one mass of bruises. Mrs. Ham" mond asked her how she came by the injuries ? wile" she said, " Oh, that brute of a husband of mine ill used me on Wednesday night ; whilst I was in bed' he jumped upon me in the most ferocious manner, and swore that he would have my life." The de ceased went on to detail the cruel treatment she was continually experiencing from her, husband. In about; an hour after this, the deceased was discovered dead in the cellar as above described. Many of the neigh; bouts, who had heard the cry of murder, declared that the voice was that of the deceased, and not t hat of her husband. From what we have been able to learn, the de ceased was of good connexions, but about two yeal l ago she unfortunately became acquainted with 14114- son, which terminated in their union. When she., first became known to him, she lived in the family otre retted Mr. Carter, a respectable tradesman in Barbican, whe, she was much beloved, and her leaving was regrette d by all the family. Esq. th e mum 0* TIM BODY, At 7 o'clock on W e dnesday eveni n g Thos. Coroner, Shelton, tradesmen of the - neighbourhood, at the Red Cross Tavern, in Barbi , to inquire into the dread affair, affair, and havi ng now cons ulted together for about .0 minutes, the Cor oner t o ok the sense when it appeared, that of the wh ole, assem bled with a j ur y of respectable, sev eral were for returnin verdict of murder against the husband , b ut there being a majority of 13 against such a verdict , the following was recorded— ,, That the deceased hung her be ing at the time in a fit of temporary insani t y :' g a • It is confidently stated about the Government Ul' flees, that the dissolution of Parliame nt will take place the 25th of May. Three more file, that have been before the flotult' since February, were last night p ost p oned, on the ground "f there would not be time thie Session to give them a ch alice being passed. COURSE , OF EXCIf AN(iE, April es, AnlstetdSlU Dints, at Sight .. Rottet dant Antwerp. (L im burg!' Altana .... • • i ,} t. Paris,3 I)ity . . sight Ditto ....... t5.,11 ileatit, ditto Berlin 7 0 qo pel Frantihirtimllir Port shit rgh Trieste Nlailriti I 0 p 5 35.1 - . $5l t, t ° :15 Olo;life Cadiz 111!boa !laverlona icriitc Waft - As t Leghorn Ges4.o .•. . . . - 1 e:iiee, 11;11.1,1r. 2) Malta --Naples -iOA OA. Palermo Lisbon Oporto ItioJnoeiro .. Bahia Buenos Ayres • . • . ••• DOOM .... vet (y'e'p' Be i.. 1.1 ON., ok „ ~, s ' Portugal Gold ,in Coin I .0 0 3 Foreign Gold, in !tars l7 O. 0 ° New Doubloon% New Dollars - Silver Standa rd !ii Wits. OLL 1...00, ~ ._—_____._._ DiAmtmE:inobt:::ohn,:on the 211.11t1111Tinisita.ot, the lady of 11; 'tv 0113 11' Esq. of Culicrallers, of a son. v too At Queensferry, on the 21st inst., the wife of the Pe' ' -.--,t oAfnOAtdhntreeNtwsande jnrt2;eluith inst., ThoiSmiAasitlßVlltt;rljton Randall, E'q:l°)./1051113; Lion-square, to Jane Trances,: widow of the late Dr. J..' . Inst., Pnnlsiactobener:l ai nu dn.d. , t roefe It i enEritlyiinilinu,rgth,..q on, cicl(l)lcaltie :Ito for , J. bora, eldest daughter of David PearFon,'L.srl. , U. „nd 6.!i; On Tuesday se'nnight, Francis Fagans, ageo u: ;o .it''fi dower, to Betsey Wlnnes, aged 63, and a widow,: ix".:0101'(i; of the Emerald Isle, and at present residing in IVlss'4„itica i , The amorous and blooming couple, too fond and OP'.se, e ' wait on the dull formalities of the Church, hired a 1132,,,eitil set off. in great style to Lochtuaben. from whence till:16,100g returned. united to each other for the whole period 01,______,, life )vhich w 111;, DIED. , lore of At hlinnillive, nn the 14111 inst., Mr..Androw ;t1 „010 for upwards of forty years, has been an Elder of Il'e Ictr4 Ali Glencairn. On the' 10th of February last, he collo 10:;„. 92 year, and though for some tine past his f',lo)l` much to decline, it is but a short while since thc'''., hie batslie teran could have laid almost the stoutest wrangler (..'`,;i, par"' in Scriptural argument. fie was the Methuselah of 1 ~.." ____--------; SOY' Printed and Published for the Pitol.nrwrott, 1. 4-40, OrrtcE, No. 112, Strand,.by J. D. C-0"